Word Summary
kyria: a lady
Original Word: κυρίαTransliteration: kyria
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ree'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a lady
Meaning: a lady
Strong's Concordance
lady.
Feminine of kurios; Cyria, a Christian woman -- lady.
see GREEK kurios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2959: κυρίακυρία,
κυρίας,
ἡ,
Cyria, a Christian woman to whom the Second Epistle of John is addressed:
2 John 1:1, 5 (
G L T K C (and
WH marginal reading in
2 John 1:1)). This proper name is not uncommon in other writers also; cf. Lücke, Comm. üb. die Brr. des
John 3rd edition, p. 444. (But
R Tr others
κυρία, regarding the word as an appellative,
lady; (
αἱ γυναῖκες εὐθύς ἀπό τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα ἐτῶν ὑπό τῶν ἀνδρῶν κυριαι καλοῦνται,
Epictetus enchir. 40). Cf. Westcott on 2 John as above).